Love that goes the extra mile (A Greater Love)

To say, thank you for Dave food, who is I would pass through that weyrleader North up for whatever you have plans this morning, he's hard Lord, just helping him to the liver with the same passion with the same love as normally he does. And that comes and Lord back up by your Holy Spirit right now that word goza specifically, someone that he seemed need to listen what he's going to share and transform his or her life. Thank you. Lord, for his willingness to do your your will and for his Readiness, to share the gospel in the name of Jesus with me.

Thank you. That's a good morning everybody.

So welcome to those online. Welcome to those in the Rings right? To be with you. It's an exciting day today. Cuz you're here. since I think I said, I could go to God Is With Us is not against us, is for us. And are Weeping starting a seam over the Lost couple of weeks. A great soul of a great so loved and I want to build on that theme and look at a title that I think I think I could give him a couple of weeks ago. Love that goes the extra mile.

you saw her picture in the, in the, in the Church photos. The normal pulse together of Alex when they sing the rice now. I know I'm not. So I'm having to speak for other people's experience. What I do know is this that you have to try and you have to build up to it, maybe you run, half a mile. Then tomorrow, then 2 miles and 3 miles until you get to at least you'll Race distance. So you have time, I'm going a little extra, you build stamina. You build capability. You get to a place where you are able to do above and exceeding me more than you expected. Matthew Chapter 5, which is part of a puppy names of the Gracie sermon on Matthew 5 verse 41. It says this and whoever compels you to go with him to I'm Presley. I want to see if anybody asks you, what do you want with me? A joke with me with me when you come to the end of the mall. So we spend a bit more time to really enjoy talking with you. The first thing that Springs into our mind is inconvenience inconvenience.

Some of the other things that spring into a mine. It's going to be hot. I'm not really up to. I'm not ready for a hot, might spice run.

These are some of the uncomfortable things that Jesus says. if you if if if, if if I asked you to work tomorrow and then I ask you 20 seconds, And why why did Jesus say this? Because the Roman thinking, the Roman mindset that he was speaking into it. This time was very much about doing just enough. Just getting there. Just good enough. I think it's a great thing to someone you love. Think about someone who's precious to you. Maybe that birthday is coming up. Maybe it's a special to celebrate. I unless that's really what we wanted. A special cake.

You might have to look around the shops to find the gift that I really want so that you can buy it for me. Go the extra mile. Why Why'd you do that? Because of love because of lack of paying for this month. I love that takes us further. A lot of the place where we never been before. For anybody who's ever had to stitch. When you run and then you kind of go beyond yourself and suddenly and you sometimes you have to take a bit of a break for the place where you going to be on yourself and you are truly finding something more where you can go and what you can achieve.

It was a compelling. It's a suggestion. It's an invitation to go that extra mile to say You must do it. But you know what, kingdom principles to confound people when the part of the purpose of discovering an extra mile or ice will read on in the moment. I'm giving your shirts as well. Eastern account, goes against the grain, it goes against the grain. I need to over these last two days and it's the first house with water bottle and some of us are familiar with the leadership team every month and if anybody wants to join us. Falls, please do let us know. It's typically the last Saturday of the month, but if you would like to kind of corporate cuz one of the things we wanted to start doing with building together, I'm building together, some people, I know where will I selected? Because of because of remotes when you're not with us but you can still be with us walking step with us as we decide to do things together. Sorry to pry into farce as a corporate cool to pray and fast together not just one day but two I want to see people. They said they was hard time because I haven't done that for a while. You know what you could now come to the end of it, having done it and say yes I did it. I could do it again.

In Ephesians chapter 3 verses 17 to 19. It says that Christ, May dwell in your hearts through faith that you being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ? We should policies, which policies knowledge that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. To be filled to be filled that I just be haughville. I mean. Mean. Most of us know what it is to feel like to see whether that's up to you energy. What 70th food? We're really hungry. Weather is ready? First e. Do you know what is a great is a great thing when we when we are really truly hungry. So then feel satisfied safety to have eaten enough. There's a real sense of that feels good. I'm weak and know that we go to laptop.

Because then we can overflow with his love. And sometimes when we are off to go the extra mile, we look at our own reserves to say, I don't have enough. I don't have enough, that's the place we need them. What we doing is starting to reach him, his results. He's not all resources to reach out to him, and I'm going to need something more of you.

I'm part of the worldview that comes from going to buy you guys in the extra mile. Is that we carry something. We carry something of God into those moments. We learn to enjoy. It's not out of obligation but he's out of a place of signs. You know what? I just want to show you how much I love you.

In Matthew 5 verses 1 and 2. It says this and seeing the multitude he went up on the mountain and when he was seated with his disciples came to him and he opened his mouth and taught them saying, what did he go on to say? This is the great sermon that we, we know so. Well blessed are the poor in spirit is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be? Comforted blessed, are the meek for, they shall inherit the earth to hunger and thirst for righteousness. Hope I shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain? Mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see. God blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake? For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven, bless you. When you were, when they revile and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely from my psyche rejoice and be exceedingly. Glad for great is your reward in heaven. For say, they persecuted the prophets who were before you watch the so much blessing in the unwise, Jesus talk about it cuz he wants to show that there is more than enough. You know, I honestly believe sometimes there isn't enough in the Kingdom who's go to spoken, but we haven't responded or not. I'm not taking it as a guilt trip and we have to do that extra month. We need to build up that stamina. We need to build up that capacity to be able to give all of us and our love. We we riding that blessed, are the peacemakers. Who wants to be a peacemaker? For The Peacemaker suggest as wool. And I forgot to be a peacemaker. Then we go to go into difficult situations, to go to find themselves in difficult circumstances, why sometimes difficult things need to be said.

Nice little ways that we're enemies. I mean pacemakers quite often the rabbit's, right? As you come to the the warring factions and they bring a different perspective, bring that with love.

In John 15 verses 13 to 17. How do I tell David? So well-described. Greater love has no one than this and to lay down one's life for his friends. You are my friends. If you do whatever I command you, no longer do I call you servants. 47, does not know what his master is doing, but I have called you friends for all things that I have heard from my father, I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit. Fruit, should remain that. Whatever you ask the father in my name, he may give to you these things, like him onto that you love one. Another

I'm not, I really want to focus on first 16 that says this, you did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you We know that when we find ourselves in circumstances and situations, it's not a mistake. Put us put aside from flying in the puppies. If we know we're right in the group with God, then that's the time. We need to know what I need. You right now, I need your wisdom right now. I Need Your Love right now. I don't know what to say, I don't know what to do, but I am here and I am willing love. That goes the extra mile. Lafayette, goes above and beyond what is natural. Because here's the thing, when we go beyond the expectations, it also has a question I'm when it asks a question, then there's a place to answer it because that's being sacrifice. when we go that extra mile, when we, when we give more than with us to give people ask, why?

I remember climbing, who's a good friend of us houses at church, so I can, he stretched late. They decided to do the young people in his church, decided to do some people about the love of God.

So they put a sign outside saying car, wash please come in $5.

People queued up just like those is pretty good for a car wash and there was a whole group of young people there, cleaning the cars and smiling and there was music playing and then people searching the cars with that car was washed and then they came to the end and that's why you're about to leave, they will give me the chocolate bar. This, the reason why this church was giving out chocolate bar, think we've given it was a whole chocolate manufacturing company. I can't remember the name to be quickly, so they gave a whole pallet of chocolate to the church, a whole pallet, hundreds of Young and the young people in Clemmons Church. Some of them

Chocolate balls, as they left. They were on the back of the stock, a $5 note. Little pay, $5 is like came in and then, as they left, they would give me the chocolate bar with a $5 nights on the back. Do you know what? People who drove down the road and there was another group of young people who would already lined up, ready for them to come back inside cuz they expected this. Excuse me I think is a mistake the $5 like I use on the back of the chocolate bars for you. Young people were sharing with them. The love of God.

But when we stop a chocolate bar, what did you get? The opportunity to serve you the opportunity to give Julie a. Very simple Act of going the extra month.

In Matthew 5:38 to 42. It says this this is the way of the world that it was said an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you not to resist an evil person, but whoever stops you on your rights at you on your right cheek and the other one to him. Also, if anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak. Also I do have a compels you to go. One mile. Go with him to give to him. Who asked you and from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

Going the extra mile. Going extra mile. What does this cost to happen? It causes people to ask questions instead of doing just enough.

But I want to do exceedingly more than my goals are set. Because I want to be a blessing to others. I want to be a blessing to others and so I will do that extra bit. I will go that extra month. Somebody says they can you do at what I got to do and I'm thinking I haven't got enough Spice in the day to do what I need to do tonight. So why would I say yes? Because I just sent the prompt a little further. Go a little further out early this week and she said that I was online with a group of people and somebody said that, I know this is last minute, but can you do this for me? And I'm not a big deal to Cole. I need somebody who was also on the post that they might be useful. Will I needed to do is pick the slides from the ones that was sent to me and I'm just a little bit and it probably took me 5 minutes. Five minutes if I hadn't of offered, I wouldn't have the opportunity that person wouldn't send me those lies about and more just an illustration translate to into your world, translate to into your thigh.

I think it's suggesting we need to go a little bit more through a little bit. Go a little bit further because it will cause questions. Why are you doing? This is posting you something. Why you doing it? You know what? That's when we need to really test the hearts. Why are we doing it?

Because that's part of the reason they go upstairs to go that extra mile to do that extra thing. You sent his son to die in our place and pay the price that we might have just expired. So, for all season, but he didn't just die on the cross. He rose again for you and for me and is he rose again for you and for me,

He spoke in 2 hours for eternity, so, let me pray. Because God's good.

Play Father by Pride. North you cause us to know your love more and more.

father, when we come to the end of ourselves, father, we come to the beginning of you. When we come to the end of our results, as we come to a place where we go to ask somebody else to go to ask you.

So, father, I pray that we live in a world of transactions of transactions by we needing to ask you, we not doing it in our own strength, we doing it in your strength. So father for those two, a listing to me as I share this morning, father I pray that little for those who've run out, run out of patience. Ran out of love. Run out of Hope. We're not Finance. We're now at peace. Father, I pray for it. Download right now, a fresh download. Father, I pray for importation of those who need something more of you. Unless they reach out to you, Lord you do exceedingly abundantly more than they ask or imagine.

Well, that we prayed and fasted over a couple of days ago. And we asked of you. Thank you. The father we pried, the old love will be manifest. Your Love would be evident. Your luck would be real. Your Love would be tangible. Father, I pray for hands upon shoulders hands in hands. When Luca was just sent you a presents, we sense your touch. We know. You're with us, you're for us and not against us. I'm so we walk into this week with a clear sense of purpose with last out because Lord you are truly for us and we love you. In Jesus name.